Women's Rights

Learn how beauty standards and gender roles impact women’s rights and how they are advocated for in your local and global communities.

Global Nomads uses the power of storytelling to promote empathy and bring social topics to life through day-to-day realities. Participating youth read authentic, impactful stories from youth participants around the world that reveal deep truths about global issues, then enhance the conversation by sharing their own stories with fellow Student to World users. All participants are eligible to participate in moderated live conversations with other youth from around the world.

About The Course

Who
Should Register?

Educators
Classroom teachers and school administrators.

Group leaders & mentors
Afterschool programs and groups, faith-based organizations, scouting, clubs, etc.

Independent learners
Individual youth participants.

Free Courses

Online Access, 4 Learning Modules,
Live Virtual Events, Age 13 – 19,
English, Arabic, American Sign Language

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Teachers, Educators, & Leaders
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Students
If your teacher or group facilitator gave you a code.

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Independent Learners
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Text + Video Formats

Experience this content through your choice of learning paths.

Text-based
course

Includes written text, images, videos, and multimedia.

  • Interactive lessons
  • Respond to embedded videos and images
  • Understand key vocabulary
  • Read personal stories from real users
  • Submit and share stories

Content is available in a growing selection of languages:

  • English
  • Arabic
  • American Sign Language
  • More languages in development

Video-based
course

The same content, but explained through video conversations.
  • Video depiction of the course content
  • Closed Captions
  • American Sign Language interpretation
  • Image descriptions
  • Youth narration

Learning
Modules

Module 1:

Everyday Mirrors

Explore and share stories about the beauty standards for women in various communities around the world and connect them to broader issues of women’s rights.

Module 2:

Everyday Local Sheroes

Explore and share stories about how communities teach gender expectations, how these affect women’s rights inside and outside of that community, and the inspirational women in the participants’ own communities.

Module 3:

Everyday Global Sisterhood

Explore and share stories about the beauty standards for women in various communities around the world and connect them to broader issues of women’s rights.

Module 4:

Everyday Action

Explore and design action plans for how participants can address issues impacting women in their community.

 

Learning
Objectives

  • Examine the beauty standards in the community and in communities around the world.
  • Understand the concept of beauty standards.
  • Explore gender roles in the local community.
  • Reflect on individuals in the community who have challenged gender roles.
  • Explore Global Justice for women around the world, intersectional oppression.
  • Reflect on individuals and movements that have challenged gender roles.
  • Explore taking action against beauty standards and gender roles.
  • Reflect on how empathy can play a role in taking action.

Standards
Alignments

Common Core Standards

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publishwriting and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3: Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related tohistory/social studiesCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.3: Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determinewhich explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves mattersuncertain.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented indiverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address aquestion or solve a problem.

ASIA SOCIETY GLOBAL COMPETENCIES:Investigate the worldRecognize perspectivesCommunicate ideasTake Action

21ST CENTURY SKILLS:Critical Thinking and Problem SolvingCreativity and InnovationInformation LiteracyMedia LiteracyTechnology LiteracyFlexibility and AdaptabilityInitiative and Self-DirectionProductivity and AccountabilityLeadership and Responsibility

CASEL SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:Self AwarenessSelf ManagementResponsible Decision Making

UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS:Goal 1: No povertyGoal 4: Quality EducationGoal 5: Gender EqualityGoal 10: Reduced InequalityGoal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsGoal 17: Partnerships for the Goals